Illegal immigration in an efficiency wage model

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 385-401

  Carter, Thomas J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency wages; Illegal immigration; International factor mobility

Indexed keywords

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; WAGE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033402705     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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